Ministry employee brings bluebirds to campus

7:04 PM,
May 24, 2013

Written by

Katie Hoffman
Daily Herald Media

House sparrows once dominated bird houses built into the landscape at Ministry Saint Clare's Hospital in Weston - until one employee decided he wanted to bring the once-common bluebirds back for patient enjoyment.

David Dees, a biomedical equipment technician, in 2010 took over management of 11 bluebird nesting boxes after learning the house sparrows had invaded the songbirds' homes, destroyed their eggs and killed nesting birds. That first year, he managed to trap more than 100 of the aggressive house sparrows, but didn't have any luck getting bluebirds to come back and start families ...